Provide an appropriate response.Fred and Sue want to fence in a rectangular area in their yard for a vegetable garden. Suppose that they have 30 feet of fencing. Sue tells Fred that she wants to put up the fence in such a way as to obtain a rectangular garden with the largest possible area. Fred replies that the area will be the same for any rectangular garden that they construct as long as they use all  of the fencing. Is Fred correct? Explain.

What will be an ideal response?


Fred is not correct. For example, if they construct a rectangular garden that is  the area will be   If they construct a rectangular garden that is  the area will be 

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A. -2
B. -2
C. -2
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Write the vector v in terms of i and j whose magnitude  and direction angle ? are given. = 10, ? = 90°

A. v = 10j
B. v = 10i
C. v = 10i + 10j
D. v = 10

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Factor the expression.3x2 - 15x

A. 3(x2 - 5x) B. 15x(x - 5) C. 3x(x + 5) D. 3x(x - 5)

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